Taking Back Our Town
Taking Back Our Town
2001
Drama
TV Movie
A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a plant in her toxic township already known as "cancer alley". Pat and a few newly recruited, fledgling activists face the full force of Shintech's wealth and influence peddling, which has bought the cooperation of the government from the local level all the way up to the Governor's office.
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Directed by:
Sam Pillsbury
22 total credits
Credits include: The Quiet Earth, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, Zandalee, Fifteen and Pregnant and Where the Red Fern Grows
Writers:
Susanna Styron 7 total credits
Credits include: Shadrach, Crossing the Line, Taking Back Our Town and Back When We Were Grownups
4 total credits
Credits include: Love's Abiding Joy, Crossing the Line, Taking Back Our Town and Back When We Were Grownups
Starring:
Ruby Dee
63 total credits
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)
13 total credits
Credits include: Speak, Make the Yuletide Gay, Spring Forward, The Ultimate Christmas Present and My Sister's Keeper
5 total credits
Credits include: Tremors, How I Got Into College, Sweet Justice, Taking Back Our Town and Beyond the Veil
71 total credits
Credits include: High Fidelity, 8MM, Flags of Our Fathers, Sully and Sweet and Lowdown
19 total credits
Credits include: The Toy, What's Love Got to Do with It, Big Jake, Lady Sings the Blues and The Great White Hope
50 total credits
Credits include: Deep Impact, The Good Neighbor, Please Stand By, Mr. Mercedes and Informed Consent
7 total credits
Credits include: Hanging Up, Fidelity, The Expendables, My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 and Taking Back Our Town
4 total credits
Credits include: 'Gator Bait, Harry's War, Taking Back Our Town and Beyond Reason
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Directed by:
Sam Pillsbury 22 total credits
Credits include: The Quiet Earth, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, Zandalee, Fifteen and Pregnant and Where the Red Fern Grows
Writers:
Susanna Styron 7 total credits
Credits include: Shadrach, Crossing the Line, Taking Back Our Town and Back When We Were Grownups
4 total credits
Credits include: Love's Abiding Joy, Crossing the Line, Taking Back Our Town and Back When We Were Grownups
Starring:
Ruby Dee 63 total credits
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)
13 total credits
Credits include: Speak, Make the Yuletide Gay, Spring Forward, The Ultimate Christmas Present and My Sister's Keeper
5 total credits
Credits include: Tremors, How I Got Into College, Sweet Justice, Taking Back Our Town and Beyond the Veil
71 total credits
Credits include: High Fidelity, 8MM, Flags of Our Fathers, Sully and Sweet and Lowdown
19 total credits
Credits include: The Toy, What's Love Got to Do with It, Big Jake, Lady Sings the Blues and The Great White Hope
50 total credits
Credits include: Deep Impact, The Good Neighbor, Please Stand By, Mr. Mercedes and Informed Consent
7 total credits
Credits include: Hanging Up, Fidelity, The Expendables, My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 and Taking Back Our Town
4 total credits
Credits include: 'Gator Bait, Harry's War, Taking Back Our Town and Beyond Reason
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